Calling all fish breeders...

[JHardman]

This is all fine but where in Calgary(the prairies) am I supposed to get my hands on captive bread stock?

More one breeder here on RC has an import/export permit. I am sure something could be worked out.

Heck the seahorse people do it with CITES rules in place in the EU.

 

[oama]

I won't mention names... But I am aware of at least one major hatchery that ships regularly to Canada.

 

[v4reef]

i know this might sound simplistic, but even the petco posts if they are tank raised here in NY.

Plus if they are small juvenile specimens, it's hard to see how it would be worth the effort of a scuba diver to wild harvest.

 

[orestes19832003]

hey

hey

not to sound like a jerk or anything but this is the very reason that alot of us don't buy CB fish much its far to difficult to find them. i completely support the idea of CB fish and i buy them whenever possible from online but its impossible to find all you fish CB when you live in the middle of nowhere like i do.

 

[Atticus]

Re: hey

Re: hey

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10949887#post10949887 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by orestes19832003
not to sound like a jerk or anything but this is the very reason that alot of us don't buy CB fish much its far to difficult to find them. i completely support the idea of CB fish and i buy them whenever possible from online but its impossible to find all you fish CB when you live in the middle of nowhere like i do.

Wow this thread was resurected from the dead!!! Last post was over 2 years ago and the majority of the thread was from 3 years ago... If you look at many online retailers' sites they are now listing captive raised fish. An example would be liveaquaria.com You would also be surprised to know how large of a percentage of clowns in the industry are now from captive sources.

 

[Ploppers]

Liveaquaria.com lists 19 different fish in their tank bred section. I would call that a pretty good selection.

 

[tcmfish]

marine betta's and seahorses

 

[Rays]

Premium Aquatics also lists TR's.

 

[jlylec]

I stumbled onto this thread one night after I ran out of messages to read in the anemone/clownfish forum. After I saw the list of captive-bred species, I thought it would really be a good idea to put some info on where you could buy them. I'm not a breeder and am not really a hardcore "concientious" aquarist. However, I'm always encouraged through books and postings to buy captive-bred but where can you find them? Why don't the authors tell you where you can buy them? Anyway, I ultimately buy wild-caught fish because there seem to be lots of barriers in getting captiv-bred. Hopefully, you guys will make it easier for the casual hobbyist. I already see a lot of politics after my post. I hope you guys can work it out.

i couldn't agree more!